Fedora 20 (F20) Installation

Basic Installation

Boot from the DVD. Use the up arrow to pick the "Install Fedora" option and hit the return key.

Select the appropriate language and select the "Set keyboard to default layout for selected language" option, then click the "Continue" button.

You are presented with the "Installation Summary" screen. You must complete any marked items before you can continue with the installation. Depending on your requirements, you may also want to alter the default settings by clicking on the relevant links.

Click the "Installation Destination" link.

If you are happy to use automatic partitioning of the whole disk, click the "Done" button to return to the previous screen.

If you want to modify the partitioning configuration, click the "Continue" button and work through the partitioning screens.

Click the "Continue" button on the "Installation Options" screen.

Once you have completed your alterations to the default configuration, click the "Begin Installation" button.

Click the "Root Password" link.

Enter the root password and click the "Done" button.

Click the "User Creation" link.

Enter the user details and select the "Make this user administrator" option, then click the "Done" button.

Wait for the installation to complete. When prompted, click the "Reboot" button.

On the sign-in screen, click on the user you want to log in as.

Enter the password and click the "Sign In" button.

Accept the language by clicking the "Next" button.

Accept the input sources by clicking the "Next" button.

Ignore the online account by clicking the "Next" button.

Click the "Start using Fedora" button.

You are now presented with the console screen.

Network Configuration

If you are using DHCP to configure your network settings, then ignore the following network configuration screens, otherwise click the "Activities" menu option, then type "network". Click the "Network Connections" icon. Click on the relevant network adapter and click the "Edit" button.

Customizing Software

You can customize the installed packages using the "Software" dialog. Click the "Activities" menu option, then type "software". Click on the "Software" icon.

SELinux

If the OS is to be used for an Oracle installation, it is easier if Secure Linux (SELinux) is disabled or switched to permissive. To do this edit the "/etc/selinux/config" file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.

SELINUX=permissive

If SELinux is configured after installation, the server will need a reboot for the change to take effect.

Firewall

If the OS is to be used for an Oracle installation, it is easier if the firewall is disabled. This can be done by issuing the following commands from a terminal window as the "root" user.